While it might be shameful to admit it, it is actually quite difficult at times to tell some sets of twins apart from one another.
People tend to rely on characteristics and personality traits to differentiate identical siblings from each other, but if all else fails then you can always refer back to their names.
Sometimes though, this is not always possible, with one frustrated teacher explaining they were taken back after parents named their identical twin girls almost-identical names.
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Taking to Reddit, the anonymous teacher called the names of two classmates, who are twins "ridiculous" adding in the most that the names were Selene and Selina, The Mirror reports.
She then questioned: "Anyone else ever come across an equally ridiculous sib set?"
However, according to the comments, it is actually quite common for parents to give their twins similar names.
The post has racked up a crazy 500 comments since it was shared, with people flocking to share their own first-hand experience with twin names.
One reply read: "My husband went to school with twins named Chris & Christopher." A second said: "My dad knows twins his age named Rick/Ricky and Richard." And someone else revealed: "I went to school with identical twins named Kelly and Kellen."
Although it was not clear if everyone who commented liked the names they had shared, many did debate the positives of similar names.
Someone else wrote: "I know twins with the same name same spelling, no joke. Both Leonardo.
“She loved the name and had it picked out and had surprise twins… just rolled with the same name still. Different middle names and mercifully the second at least go by the middle name but what.
"Logistical nightmare. She is the loveliest and best neighbour but that part about her (grown) twin boys is a head-scratcher for sure lol," someone wrote," they added.
Another said: "As a twin mum, names like these make my teeth itch."
“As a twin mum, I’m right there with you…" another parent agreed.
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